Core & Main Inc. announced that James D. Hope has been appointed to its board of directors. Hope has extensive experience, having held several executive level roles in the areas of finance, sales and operations, in addition to public company board experience. From 2018 until his retirement at the end of 2022, Hope served as executive vice president and chief financial officer for Performance Food Group Company (PFG).

Prior to that position, Hope served as PFG?s executive vice president of operations from 2014 to 2018. Prior to joining PFG, Hope spent 26 years in various leadership roles at Sysco Corporation, most recently serving as executive vice president of business transformation. Hope brings to the board a well-rounded background, including public company accounting and reporting, mergers and acquisitions, strategic planning, and risk management and mitigation.

Hope becomes the eighth independent director on Core & Main?s nine-member board.